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EDITED Xr 9 FARNS'WOFTH .
Curley Now Threatens to Take
Title Battle to Old Mexico
By Ed. W. Smith.
JThe Georgian's fight expert, who
has been selected to referee the
Johnson • Flynn battle.)
East las vidgas, n m . June
21—Unless some sort of as
surance is given Jack Curley,
promoter of the Johnson-Flynn
contest, that he will not be har
assed In the future by statements
that Governor Mcbonald is gnitiß
to stop the big encounter of July 4
he is apt to pull up stakes and take_
the fighters to El Paso and stage
the contest in the bull ring at
Juarez, across the Mexican line.
As soon as the stories began tn
go <mt Monday night there was a
good rhance that Governor' Mc-
Donald would pul a stop to the
contest as far as New Mexico was
concerned, the people of El Paso,
who had tiled Io get the battle be
fore and failed because the Las
Vegas proposition looked lietter tn
Curley, began to renew their bids
fOt the contest
So the Chicago promoter feela
that unless he gets better treat
ment from the new state as a whole
'he will pull out of here and accept
the bonus that El Paso is anxious
to put up to get the battle.
As El Paso Is only a matter of
something like 200 miles farther
south of here, the shift. Curley flg
utes It, would make little or no
difference with the crowds from
this section of the country that al
ready have reserved seals for the
battle.
Like a County Seat War.
Tltr whole trouble appears to be
In a coterie of hatnmer-t+irowers at
Albuquerque, N. M . to the south of
this place
Albuquerque. It seems, lias been
insanely jealouk all along of the at
tention that Las Vegas is attract ■
Ing to itself by the glove contest.
Hence there has been a stead? ef
fort made to draw Governor Me
ftonald Into a controversy, the ulti
mate aim being to have him de
clare himself against the big bat
tle
This the governor has declined
to do so far; In fact, the local peo
ple who air Interested in the big
contest have assurances from those
close to the governor that lie in
tends keeping his hands off entire
ly. The chief executive hasn't said
* word one way or another, yet
Albuquerque sends out word to the
public at large that the governor
intends to stop the contest.
Albuquerque papers of yesterday
containing the news are much
milder iti their statements about
the governor than is the news these
same men sent out broadcast over
the country. This shows that there
is plenty of animus behind the
whole thing.
The Albuquerque paper’ also
nit k up the Ryan incident with a
•great deal of avidity and play It up
in an attempt to show that Flynn
fs fooling the public and that the
550-HORSEPOWER BOAT
READY FOR BIG RACES
• Hl' \G<’ June 21. The po w erf til en
gine.- which were built In Detroit for
ttw giant hydroplane, Disturber 111.
have arrived In Chicago and the big
.■•peed boat will he ready for launching
by Thursday The builder’ and speed
boat men who have seen the new craft
declare it win be the fastest power
boat evet constructed. Commodore
Pugh i’ confident he will he able to
win the tmeriian championship and
the $22,500 Wrigley trophy that goes
with it
The Disturber 111 b 4.x feel long. It
is one of the ligl . st eraft ever built.
New methods recently developed have
aided the builders to make a boat as
strong a the heaviest of old-time craft,
and yet one that is as light as any -
thing that ever floated. The strain
to which 24 o*Under engines, develop
ing sf>o horsepower will put the new
boat would wreck anything constructed
under old methods.
The program for the naval pageant
and aquatic review, which will be held
here, will combine the yacht races be
tween Canada and the United States
for the great lake;- international cup.
the Lipton cup contests, the 40. 32, 26
and 20-foot class hydroplane races for
the American championship, naval re
view. naval sham battle, motor boat
parades. Venetian night, swimming and
diving championships of the Central A.
A. U.. a river marathon race, eutter
rates and international yachtswo
men'- t ti e and many other features
ONE FISHING TRIP COST
808 MOHA LOT OF COIN
Bob Moha the chunky middleweight of
Milwaukee, who is about as hard a nut to
crack as there is among the 158 or 170
pounders In this or any other country,
lost a bunch of coin the past week be
cause he went on a Ashing expedition and
failed to leave word with his manager
where he could be found
Bob hiked away to a shack somewhere
around Pewaukee lake, 20 mile from
Milwaukee, and for three days wires tb
that burg, also special messengers, failed
to locate the chunky one And every hour
that Bob was missing It cost him money
He had one offer from London to leave
at once for a meeting with Georges Car
pentier. w filch meant big money, and an
other to leave for Australia on June 12.
but failure to locate him cost the trip to
the Antinodes It would have meant
some big matches in Australia and a good
guarantee Next time Robert goes away
on a fishing trip he will no doubt leave
his address *
YALE IS EASY FOR BROWN
PROVIDENCE. R. I. June 21.
Brown easily defeated Vale, s to 2.
hete yesterday in the dosing game of
• the season for both team*
big battle won't be worth going far
tn see.
Jack Curley boarded a train for
Albuquerque yesterday and went
to see the publishers of these pa
pers to find out whether they in
tend to keep up their unfalc war
fa re.
Unless he can get assurances
from them that they will be fair to
the big contest he will return to
Las Vegas, explain the whole sit
uation to the people here who are
backing him in thy enterprise and
then probably announce Ills plan
for transferring the battle to Mex
ico.
Wait For Curley's Return,
There is groat rivalry, It Is said,
between the tyvo towns, and rhe re
sult of Curley's visit is awaited
with a great deal of interest.
In the meantime several of the
newspaper men now on the ground
are figuring on going to Santa Fe
to sec Governor McDonald in per
son and try to get a statement
from him.
They will argue with him that if
he intends to stop the contest lie
should do so now and not put them
. and the papers to futile expense in
remaining longer on the field. Cur
ley’s return will he awaited bcfoi''
this is attempted. Santa I’e is
within easy reach of the public.
Willi the deparlure of Ryan and
Morrow from the Flynn camp and
tlic bunging up of most of John
son’s helpers, both camps present
a sadly depleted appearance. Ray
Marshall and Al Williams are the
only two real assistants left In the
Flynn camp and over at Old Town,
where Johnson is working. George
Deßray Is suffering from bad feet.
Cutler has a fin car that Is mighty
sore. Respress Js beaten up about
the body, and everybody else has a
weary appearance—al! except Wat
son Burns, the chief of the camp,
who is ever on the Job and always
keeps Hie others gingered up and
on thfir toes.
Mis. Jack Johnson is on her way
home. She suddenly quit the fight
camp and loft the big colored man
in the hands of his helpers.
It was stated at the camp that
Mrs. Johnson is going home for the
purpose of straightening out the
champion’s affairs, as they may re
late to the case the United States
government is said to be pushing
against him. This involves a.
charge of smuggling Into the. coun
try a diamond necklace of high
value.
There was a report around that
the champ had had trouble with
his wife and that she had deserter!
* him, but the champson only laugh
ed at this report and said that he
expected his wife would return
within a week or two immediately
after some business matters had
been fixed up as they should be.
Mrs. Johnson has had entire
charge of the champion's food out
at the camp and will bo much
missed.' It is said she was badly
affected by Hie high altitude hero
and would remain no linger.
Mrs Johnson is a white woman
SIX NEW REGULARS FOR
TIGER TEAM NEXT YEAR
DETROIT, June 21 The Detroit ball
club Is the shattered remains of a
championship machine It has reached
its last stage of deterioration.
Detroit Tigers have gone the way
that rill championship clubs go. It Is
a repetition of the Boston team, the
New York team, the old Philadelphia
team and the Chicago Cubs of more
recent years
At present the Detroit team is play
ing poor ball There is no aggressive
ness lltth effort and no team work.
One of the chief troubles with th'
Detroit ball club Is that some members
have to<> many dollars and others too
manv debts.
It would not be surprising to see
six new regulars on the Detroit club
next year. Thej will bo young men.
who are starting at the bottom and
who must lie able to deliver the goods
to keep their jobs; young men who
can not afford to dissipate and who
will be abb' to go to bed before mid
night.''
'file 'Washington team was* recon
structed bi adding young and will
ing workers. And there is tio team
that reminds one more of Detroit's Ti
gers today than the Washington team
of the three or four years previous.
PLAYER IN CLASS GAME
RECEIVES BAD INJURY
NEW HAVEN. CONN.. June 21.
Ralph E Barrett. Yale 1906 of Cleve
land. who came here for the com
mencement festivities at Yale, is today
in a local hospital, seriously Injured as
the result of a class basetmll game at
Woodmont, a nearb.' town. While slid
ing sot a base, he collided with a play
er and was rendered unconscious. Ho
was brought hero it; a sonii-eonseious
condition
BUILD BASEBALL FIELD.
GREENSBORtt. <;June 21 An
athletic field has been purchased on
the east side of the city b\ the Greens
boro Civic Improvement association
The plot of land w ill be used as a base
ball field, and for athletic events con
nected w ith the high school
PRINCE PALATINE WINNER.
ASCOT. ENGLAND. June 2| The
Aswot gold cup, valued at s2,s<i<), with
$17,500 added, was won her, toda.\ bi
Ptlnee Palatine. Bas-. P ini was sec
ond atyl Bill-and-t on third. Seven
hotter
I HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. B’KIDAY, JUNE 21. 1912.
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B.v far the liveliest shortfiekl performer in the Southern
league is "Knauppv" Knaupp, of the I’elican outfit. This lad
is spn as a crickt\t, and comes as near covering the ferritori
assigned him as any man’in the league.
WORLD'S SERIES TICKET
SOUGHT NOW BY FANATIC
K\v Y(»RK. June 21 'l'lif Giants have
a supporter whn deserves a medal for
his confidence. \ letter was received by
Secretary o'Rrien yesterdax afternoon
with a nmnev order inclosed and request
ing a reserveil box tor the 1912 world's
series K I’ Jacques was the signature
of the missive, and in part he wrote that
he was positive the G’anis would win the
National league pennant ami wanted to
be sure he could get seals.
Brien, bowevei. returned the letter
and tlir mone\ order to its ownei And
asked the writer to wait until October.
The finish is a long w ,-n off. and there
can be many a slip between now jnd the
last game.
AMATEURS PLAY AT PONCE.
What should prove two of the best
amatmic qatne- played in the cit\ Sat
urday arc tin two games scheduled
between Heun iK- Magill ami the Beav
ers in the Railroad league Thrs'
teatn ate rated with the best in At
lanta
FOOTBALL COURSE ADDED
TO CHICAGO CURRICULUM
CHICAGO. June 21 A coaching course
has hern added to the curriiuhitu of the
I'niversify of Chicago.
Coach X Stagg. whose abilities
earned him the title of wizard years ago.
has decided io impart his football secrets
to the physical instructors enrolled in the
Midway Summer school, and send them
hack to their institutions fully qualified
to spring Staggian tactics <»n opposing
teams this tall.
The first session of the coaching school
was held yesterday at Marshall field with
ten aspirants on hand a||d more register
oil Coach Stagg was assisted by C.oatm
Page, w’ho will take jmit of the work,
with (be director superintending the
course The class w»ll be held four times
a week for the rest of the summer.
Coach Stagg calls his course "Football:’
Coaching. Study of Rules, and Typical
I Formations." and the sessions will follow
' the prospectus. A number of the Midway
warriors are interested in the course, and
| have promised to illustrate some of the
i Stagg formations if called upon. The pu
i»il< how oxer, will be expected to get into
I gridiron togs later in the term and dem
| uxiHlrate playing ability.
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DESSAU TD FACE
HELEN IN GINE
WITH LOOKOUTS
CHATTANOOGA, TENN„ June 21.
With the count standing one and one,
the Crackers will get together this aft
ernoon in a contest that should be
"some calorie," to say it gently.
It is likely that Billy Smith's men will
be opposed by Frank Dessau today.
Two ptehers, Russell anrL Brady, were
used up by the Crackers yesterday, and
that brings Dessau around as the logi
cal candidate. It is Alien's turn to
pitch for Chattanooga.
Two games will be played tomorrow,
and it is not unlikely that the season’s
record for a crowd will be broken by
that contest.
The ball was cruelly mauled in yes
terday’s contest that the Lookouts won,
10 to 7. ,
The game was the. much vaunted
“third test" of Lefty Russell. The first
time he was wild. The sec
ond time ho was a wonder. Yester
day he was neither or those things,
but dust a plain pitcher whose curves
didn't fool the opposition much.
Manager Hemphill had been all
fussed up oyer this game for days. He
was impatient to find if Russell’s grand
show ing against’ Nashville was merely
a fluke or whether "Lefty” really meant
it. And the former Hope of Hagers
town didn’t waste any time tn showing
him. He let the hated Lookouts make
five runs in the first Inning and three in
the third.
When In the fifth inning ft began to
appear that ths Crackers might come
to life and win after all, Hemphill
pulled Russell out and st ick Brady in.
The folTner Brave pitched pretty fair
ball throughout the remainder of the
contests. But the Crackers found it im
possible to overcome the Lookouts' ear
ly lead.
Fitting Boys With Muse Shoes
If we could fit language
to facts as admirably as we *»>
can fit shoes to feet---wed I
he shoeing everybo y in
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and creative ability which j nAF•
go in the making of fatuse j |
Shoes for could not /rTiMTvV‘' /I
help hut make for them a ’ll I' L I /
reputation of their own. fH 11 'i
We fit them perfectly D iiAl
with great concern for n** lIL V
growing feet. Every
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every width and every \\ f ’ /I /pi v x J \ '
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Boys’ Scouts ............$2.00 and $2.50
Tennis Shoes $1.50
Barefoot Sandals. $1.25 and $1.50
MEN'S SHOE SECTION
Geo. Muse Clothing Company
Two Southern Golf Events Set
For July; One on Local Course
By Percy H. Whiting.
THE Southern golf champion
ship has been played and
won, but the golf season of
Dixie lacks a big lot o's being over.
Two of the most Important invi
tation tournaments of the season
are still to be played. They are
those given by the Montgomery
Country club and the Atlanta Ath
letic club. The former is set for
July 4 to 6 and the latter for
July 18 to 20.
Montgomery’s tournament will
be its third. The first attempt in
the Alabama capital was almost
a total fizzle. There were hardly
enough entries to make a ball
handicap Interesting. The second
one. held last summer, was a vast -
ly better affair and while the en
try was not large It was tremen -
dously classy. This year Mont
gomery ought to have a big tour
nament. As the Southern cham
pionship is to be played over the
Montgomery course next season
many golfers will want to play in
this coming tournament, in an es- \
fort to get the hang of the circuit
and the lay of the land
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ATLANTA’S invitation tourna
ment. ought to be ‘‘the class of
’em all.” The local club is the
largest in the South. Its course is
the best. Atlanta's hotels top any
thing in Dixie. The summer cli
mate is the best. And as for the
"nineteenth hole.” without which no
tournament can be a go. Atlanta’s
is second to none. The local course
in in bully good condition now and
will be polished to the limit for the
coming event.
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American, golfers “pulled" in
vain for J. J. McDermott, the
American professional who is play
ing in the British “open,” the ban
ner event of the professional world.
In the first round, played yester
day. McDermott took 91 strokes
and virtually lost out.
Atlanta golfers well remember
McDermott. He played here in the
open event in the fall of 1910. And.
truly, he’s a queer specimen. He
looked then like some school boy
who had strayed into the wrong
lot. He is small, slight, smooth
faced and looks as inoffensive as a
well-mannered cow.
Tel McDermott is considerably
more of a golfer than he looks.
Two years ago. then an unknown
child in the golfing world, he tied
with Alex Smith and MacDonald
Smith in the open championship of
America. List year he won the
open.
McDermott may not have the
size nor the looks of a champion,
but he has the nerve. It is re
lated that when the two Smiths
and McDermott were ready to play
off the tie tn the 191(1 event, Alex
who would always prefer to scjir#
a man to death rather than to beat
him to death, said to McDennottt
"Laddie y.ou're a nice little player,
but you've no chance with .me."
Whereupon McDermott, who
loks like a kid caddy along side of
the bulky Alex, retorted “Why you
big if
you try to scare me I’ll knock your
brains out with a nibbeck."
McDermott was the first Ariier
ican born golfer who ever won an
open event in America. In last
year’s event he tied with M. J.
Brady, of Wollaston, and G. O.
Simpsonfof Wheaton, and won the
play-off. The first round the first
day of the tournament McDer
mott started off with an 82, which
was wretched. Then he revived,
took a 72 for the second 18, a 75
for his third and a '79 for' his
fourth. In the play-off McDermott
was easily.
McDermott was born in Philadel
phia, is 22 years old. and has play
ed golf twelve years, six as a cad
dy and six as a professional.
KITTY LEAGUE TEAMS
TRYING TO STRENGTHEN
HOPKINSVILLE, KT.. June 31—Be
fore the third week of the playing season
had been completed, several of the Kitty
league teams were anxiously hunting for
nlayrs to strengthen their line-up
Nearly all of the teams have found it
necessary to strengthen weak places, bui
the big surprises In the poor showing
made has been In Evansville and Paducah
The Evansville bunch were touted as won
ders. and coming from the largest town
in the circuit, it was suposed they would
take the lead at the very start and hold
it. But they have failed dismally so f?r
to do this, and the management already
announces that they are after new men
At Paducah. John Nairn, who has a rep
utation for winning pennants In this
league, announced confidently that he
■would repeat this year, but his team has
so far shown up one of the weakest,
and he. too, is scouring .the woods for
new players. Cairo Is also weak, but
promises to come. Clarksville has shown
decidedly the best class so far, with
Hopkinsville holding second place lien
derson lias shown more improvement
titan any team and is now coming strong
and holding down third place in the
standing.
Umpire Dan Mareks has been given ills
release by President Bassett, and John
R. Hayes, of Hampton. Va.. is handling
the indicator in his stead.
Dowell, outfielder and heavy hitler, han
been secured from the Frankfort team,
in the Bluegrass league, by Henderson
At Cairo last week. Pitcher Yon, of
Hopkinsville, and Outfielder Kinser, of
f'airo. quarreled, and Ton struck Kinser.
The pitcher was arrested and fined.
In . the four games played between
Evansville and Clarksville at EvaJisville
last week, a near-record for heavy hit
ting was made, an even hundred swats
being recorder, many of them for extra
bases.
RUSS FORD DID SCOUTING
FOR HIGHLAND CHIEFTAIN
COLUMBUS, OHIO. June 21.—Pitch
er Russel) Ford, of the New Tork
Americans, was here a few days ago to
watch Shortstop Corriffen, of the Kan
sas City club. Another New Tork
player watched his work at Indianap
olis a few days previous.
Tebeau will not sell him at present if
an offer is made unless enough plaj ers
are turned over to make it worth while.